Policy

We live in a world where science and technology are driving forces, shaping the trajectory of human culture. From climate change to energy resources to doping in sports, how should the science we discover inform policy and politics?

Big Data may not be much to look at, but it can be powerful stuff. For instance, this is what the new National Security Agency (NSA) data center in Bluffdale, Utah, looks like.
Information, like light, flows through cities in interesting, often beautiful, patterns.

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Mountains in the area where Marcelo first explored the wonders of the natural world.
A man stands in front of a crowd in a lecture hall.
A Predator drone at Balad Air Base, Iraq, in 2004.
Big science in orbit: the Hubble Space Telescope